Star Wars The Old Republic system requirements

Whether you fancy yourself a Sith Lord, Jedi Master, Bounty Hunter, or covert agent, the Star Wars The Old Republic system requirements will prove no challenge to modern gaming rigs. So long as your gaming laptop or PC has a graphics card no more than ten years old, you should have no issue accessing the 7.7 Dynamic Worlds update.

Star Wars The Old Republic has survived nearly 15 years as the go-to Star Wars MMORPG after Star Wars Galaxies was, very sadly, shut down in 2011. SWOTOR has received relentless updates, including the latest Dynamic Worlds update, which introduced a host of new encounters to the game. Despite this, the game's actual PC requirements have remained phenomenally low. The power of the Force may be with you, but you won't be needing the power of the best gaming PC from our buying guide if you want to dive into the best MMO in the Star Wars universe.

Here are the Star Wars The Old Republic system requirements in 2025:

When you compare the Star Wars The Old Republic minimum requirements to just about any modern MMORPG, such as the World of Warcraft Dragonflight system requirements, SWTOR doesn't demand a whole lot. You'll only need a basic 2012 GPU, such as an Nvidia GeForce GTX 610 or AMD Radeon HD 7450, working in concert with an Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU, and a mere 6GB of RAM. Just about any entry-level PC or laptop, gaming or otherwise, should have no issues meeting these requirements.

When it comes to the SWTOR recommended specs, there are no official recommendations. However, given that the minimum requirements are very low, we are confident that any gaming PC or laptop from the past five years should have no issue running the gargantuan MMORPG with a decent frame rate and a high graphical preset.

If you are encountering frame rate issues in SWTOR and you're not cruising through Onderon (which is famous for its performance issues), make sure you turn off Shadows as your first port of call for improving frame rates.

As of the latest update, the SWTOR download size sits at 75GB of storage space, which is by far the most challenging part of the game's system requirements, even though it's average by modern standards. An SSD is not a requirement for SWTOR, but you'll get much shorter in-game loading times if you upgrade to the best gaming SSD you can afford from our buying guide.

It's still amazing that the Star Wars MMORPG has survived this long, especially in the wake of Star Wars Galaxies' passing and the loss of my out-of-place Mustafarian Underground Bunker on Naboo. Nonetheless, SWTOR has stood the test of time, and it's worth dipping your toes into if you haven't already. Better still, you can use one of the best gaming headset picks from our buying guide to experience those epic orchestral soundtracks in all their glory.

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